Seeking Growth

Most women don't know a whole lot about menopause. The focus on women's health during adolescence is how to avoid pregnancy and during adulthood it's how to achieve pregnancy. When midlife rolls in, I'm finding that so many physicians don't have a lot of offer women regarding support for the midlife, or perimenopausal transition. According to my favorite women's health authority, Dr. Christine Northrup , menopause typically occurs between the ages of 45-55. I think most women have a sense of this. What I feel most women and many of their physicians don't realize is that perimenopausal symptoms can occur for a full five to ten years BEFORE that. So, when I see a women in her mid-to late-thirties who is having perimenopausal symptoms and I discuss this with her, the response is usually one of shock and disbelief. She usually has no idea that things such as mood swings, irritability, difficulty sleeping, and "fuzzy thinking" can all be early men...

The days are getting shorter and the sky is darker during the day. I've been noticing it myself, but in the past few weeks so many of my clients have too. I've had many people sigh and say, "Winter is coming and it's SO long!". Last night at 5:00 it was dark, thanks in part to going off Daylight Savings time. The number of people that have commented to me recently about the winter, the cold and the lack of sunlight coming, make me more acutely aware of the anxiety some people experience related to the beginning of our "dark season". Thinking about this, I did some research recently. I wanted to present lots of helpful information for ways to combat the "winter blues". There are many treatments that have been tried and found to be effective for treating Seasonal Affective Disorder, but unfortunately, there have been some recent studies which have questioned the efficacy of them. What I'm referring to are: full-spectrum lamps and Vitamin D. P...